Big Dave
New member
Hi everyone! I have a pretty long history with the 3800 motor... And by that I mean I drove a 91 Buick LeSabre well over 400k miles... I've also owned far too many Trans Ams... And when that comes together with being young in a GM house, you get a fan... The problem is, as I got older I outgrew the whole T/A thing and needed a grown up car...
Now this is only a problem for people that look grown up, but are still punk kids behind the wheel... I still want to be fast... Combine that with never wanting to be on the cover of Me Too! magazine, and the GTP becomes the perfect car... I even bought one like 5 years ago... But there was a warranty problem, and dismal incompetence at the dealer that culminated with one of them muttering something racist at my wife... Yeah I didn't keep that one...
But I have been showing her classifieds for years since, and she always said if I wanted one I could get one... I put it off and off until finally one turned up at a lot I had already used the year before... Little place here in greater atl... True rescue car... Headed for the boneyard if I didn't get it...
It's scraped, and dented, and smelly and high miles... The trans was the worst i've ever seen in any car ever! Splines scraped clean, pin walked out of the diff, graphite everywhere... But really any one of these cars will need tranny work, and the HUD still works so i'm ahead of most of the vette guys I know... Besides, finding a 2 door with the supercharger and no sunroof isn't easy in the south... Need the headroom see :th_biggrin2:
Anyway, GM kid to GM guy... New to trying to actually work on or make power with these motors, so i'll be asking alot of questions... I'll post a few pics of ol' Project Ill Advised Purchase in a bit... Get some opinions... You guys can tell me if I got a bad deal... Thanks for the patience!
Now this is only a problem for people that look grown up, but are still punk kids behind the wheel... I still want to be fast... Combine that with never wanting to be on the cover of Me Too! magazine, and the GTP becomes the perfect car... I even bought one like 5 years ago... But there was a warranty problem, and dismal incompetence at the dealer that culminated with one of them muttering something racist at my wife... Yeah I didn't keep that one...
But I have been showing her classifieds for years since, and she always said if I wanted one I could get one... I put it off and off until finally one turned up at a lot I had already used the year before... Little place here in greater atl... True rescue car... Headed for the boneyard if I didn't get it...
It's scraped, and dented, and smelly and high miles... The trans was the worst i've ever seen in any car ever! Splines scraped clean, pin walked out of the diff, graphite everywhere... But really any one of these cars will need tranny work, and the HUD still works so i'm ahead of most of the vette guys I know... Besides, finding a 2 door with the supercharger and no sunroof isn't easy in the south... Need the headroom see :th_biggrin2:
Anyway, GM kid to GM guy... New to trying to actually work on or make power with these motors, so i'll be asking alot of questions... I'll post a few pics of ol' Project Ill Advised Purchase in a bit... Get some opinions... You guys can tell me if I got a bad deal... Thanks for the patience!
